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Title: Pyrgeometer Calibration for DOE-Atmospheric System Research Program Using NREL Method (Presentation)

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Presented at the DOE-Atmospheric System Research Program, Science Team Meeting, 15-19 March 2010, Bethesda, Maryland. The presentation: Pyrgeometer Calibration for DOE-Atmospheric System Research program using NREL Method - was presented by Ibrahim Reda and Tom Stoffel on March 15, 2010 at the 2010 ASR Science Team Meeting. March 15-19, 2010, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
978499
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-3B0-47756
TRN: US201010%%498
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; CALIBRATION; DOWNWELLING; EFFICIENCY; MANUFACTURERS; MARYLAND; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SKY; SPECIFICATIONS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMODYNAMICS; PYRGEOMETER; PYRGEOMETER CALIBRATION; ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM RESEARCH

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Reda, I., and Stoffel, T. Pyrgeometer Calibration for DOE-Atmospheric System Research Program Using NREL Method (Presentation). United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.2172/978499.
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Reda, I., & Stoffel, T. Pyrgeometer Calibration for DOE-Atmospheric System Research Program Using NREL Method (Presentation). United States. doi:10.2172/978499.
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Reda, I., and Stoffel, T. Mon . "Pyrgeometer Calibration for DOE-Atmospheric System Research Program Using NREL Method (Presentation)". United States. doi:10.2172/978499. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/978499.
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title = {Pyrgeometer Calibration for DOE-Atmospheric System Research Program Using NREL Method (Presentation)},
author = {Reda, I. and Stoffel, T.},
abstractNote = {Presented at the DOE-Atmospheric System Research Program, Science Team Meeting, 15-19 March 2010, Bethesda, Maryland. The presentation: Pyrgeometer Calibration for DOE-Atmospheric System Research program using NREL Method - was presented by Ibrahim Reda and Tom Stoffel on March 15, 2010 at the 2010 ASR Science Team Meeting. March 15-19, 2010, Bethesda, Maryland.},
doi = {10.2172/978499},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
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